Reassessing Paul McCartney — the insecure Beatle

Reassessing McCartney, the Decent—and Insecure—Beatle

When Philip Norman set out to write his new biography of Paul McCartney, the last person he expected to cooperate was the ex-Beatle himself. In his 1981 best-selling book on the Beatles, Shout!, Norman had displayed a clear bias in favor of McCartney’s songwriting partner, John Lennon, even declaring on American TV at the time that…